And I was just thinking about how I rode a carrousel that looked exactly like that one around 1970... uh oh. That's 54 years ago! Maybe it was that one hahaha.
@@dks13827 Maybe we wouldn't want to know, sometimes the mythos and mystery are worth more than the reality. I mean, what if he had a squeaky voice like David Beckham eh?
We were there this past April. Living on the East coast I never had been out west. We truly enjoyed this place! I would love to go back again some time, but being nearly 2000 miles away I probably won't make it. But after visiting and then watching some of the old westerns, we set around and say, "Look! We were standing right there!" So exciting. The picture of John Wayne & Ricky Nelson you showed from the movie ... me, my wife & 2 grandkids made our picture in the same place. Great video! Thanks!
Excellent video Steve! I was born and raised in Tucson so my parents, who were big John Wayne fans, always liked to go out to the original Old Tucson to watch movies being filmed. I was very fortunate to be able to meet John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and many, many other Western actors of the day. As an adult I've been there many, many times and have enjoyed every visit. My wife is a big fan of westerns as well in that she also was born and raised in Tucson. But I do have to say that the "new" Old Tucson doesn't begin to compare to the original Old Tucson. Our whole family went into depressoon when that fire in 1995 burned almost fifty percent of the set. Our daughters actually shed tears over that fire..they also loved to go out to Old Tucson especially Nightfall. You do need to come back at Halloween to experience Nightfall at Old Tucson. I try to watch all your videos Steve in that I slways seem to learn something that I didn't know about many areas in the Old West. Keep up the good work!!
I feel the same way, the old Tucson was the best ! You could feel the filming history, went there twice before the fire and stayed from opening till closing both time mostly just walking around the place admiring the sets and history it was special then to walk and stand where so many great actors worked like John Wayne and Clint Eastwood worked. On my first visit I remember them telling us about Steve McQueen getting a hair cut in the barber shop in a film. Wow, You had a great experience to be able to meet the cast of Rio Bravo !
I spent most of my life in Phoenix and went to the original Old Tucson quite a bit - it was historic as so many great movies and tv shows were filmed there. I remember the fire gee, 1995 almost 30 years ago!!! I haven’t been since the new stuff was built and I don’t live in AZ any longer. Our son is a Wildcat (2002) and I’m a Sun Devil (1972) and we still have our “discussions😁😁😁
In 2019 when I was at the University of Arizona I went to Old Tucson, when I returned to Japan it was the pictures I took there were the ones everyone wanted to see.
You have a great channel Sir. Your easy going style combined with the laid back presentation is just an absolute pleasure to view. Best of luck and thanks for what you do.
Thanks for the memories! I worked in Old Tucson in the early 90's, before the big fire. Our "office" was near the mission and it was enjoyable to watch the staged fights and falls off the roof of the mission which were part of the entertainment at that time. So much looks like it has changed, but the spirit is still there. I also loved watching some of the filming when it was being done. Lots of good memories from those times. It would be interesting to go back again.
We've been to Tucson a dozen or more times and always have passed by Old Tucson on the way to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. The Museum never disappoints. After this video we'll have to make a point to visit Old Tucson. And for revisiting old westerns, we went to Monument Valley in April and have watched the John Ford/John Wayne movies to recognize the places we saw.
I visited there just over a month ago. They had just closed for the season, except for the tours. Definitely enjoyed the tour and seeing all of the old movie sets. Definitely planning a trip back early March of 25 when the full park is open.
Watched The Big Country two days ago on GRIT with Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Carroll Baker, Burl Ives, Jean Simmons, and Charles Bickford. Great movie and music. They didn't use the Old Tucson Studios, but they did use Red Rock Canyon State Park in the Mojave. I am a fan of westerns as well.
Thank you once more Steve for taking us along . i can see why the armored stage coach didn’t catch on . take some strong horses for sure . take care 👍🏼
Thank you for this, Steve. I've never been to Old Tucson, but greatly enjoyed Tombstone as a youngster with my little brother when our folks took us and our aunt there in 1969 or 1970. I can't imagine touring there in the summer🥵
What a great on location place. I had looked it up before to see where some of the Little House on the prairie stuff was shot. That bridge is definitely notable in that series ... Also, the reference to Three amigos. I saw a couple of shots figures that you would be watching Three amigos there. Steve!
My uncle lived in Eloy Az. in the early 60's and he wanted to take me but we never got to because my parents and I were always on our way to Texas, or on our way back to California. Back then westerns were very popular thanks for your tour, keep them coming.
Thanks, Steve. Even though we live in the area, we've never been. We got here during it's last 'indefinite' closure, so now that I've seen this video, we're a-gonna hitch up the wagon and head up there for a spell. :)
Those sets are an example of the magic of moviemakers. The designers and people who constructed them should have more credit for their part in creating movies. Cheers, Rik Spector
Thanks for the video, Steve! We are guilty of spending time elsewhere while in the Tucson area, but next visit we will add this to our list! I’m a newcomer to your channel, from Texas! Love your style!
I had no idea all that was out there! I just figured it was... sort of like a roadside thing out east on I10. Fascinating! I really enjoyed your narration covering the different films. This is definitely now on my to do list. Great video, Steve.
Your channel is one of my go to favorites. I've actually been to a number of places that you've highlighted in your videos and I've really enjoyed my travels ... 👊🏻 170 K subs is impressive ...
Remember, Old Tucson was permanently closed during the covid, and the county refused to reopen. I believe the county is still trying to sell it. The original fire started in the kitchen of one of the diners. All central fire departments responded. I live 14 miles further west is a community called Three Points. Our volunteer fire department responded. Steve, I personally know the train engineer who narrated the train tour before Pima County shut it down during covid.
Thanks for the tour steve that was enjoyable. My lady and I were there in February.Unfortunately, the day we went, only the gift shop was open.We were unable to so this video is very timely.
Your trips through Arizona, New Mexico and California are making it hard to decide if I want to move back home (AZ) or go on to AK after retirement. Gosh how I loved growing up in the desert Southwest!
I'm a big fan of old westerns too, love John Wayne! So I recognize that set from a few things I have watched. It's cool to see what's really behind the scenes!
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Got to go there in 1978 as a kid a couple of times…..a lot of fun! It should be noted that most of the original sets burned in the early nineties, so it’s not quite the same. Lol I would advise going in the winter and the drive from Phoenix is beautiful with the large cactus. Amazing childhood memories from a time that is long gone from growing up in the seventies and eighties.
Hey Sidekick Adventures, it's been quiet some time since I last saw one of your videos. Wow! . . excellent improvemens all the way around. Tripod usage, nice slow smooth pans, stills, graphics, .. .. I'll be checkin' them out more often.
I have family in Tucson and used to go there all the time. Nightfall is both fun and scary. The gun fights are fun to watch. Yes they do have a train that takes you around the sight as well as a wagon. At least they used to. There was one part where now it's a wide ally way. It wasn't always like that. There was a fire and it got destroyed as well as the soundstage where almost all of the clothing was held.
Great video as usual, Steve! Can't wait to visit Old Tucson myself. Only 35 days until retirement. The shot of the saloon with walkways at an angle on both sides of the swinging doors looks like the scene in Silverado, where Kevin Costner guns down two bad guys with a gun in each of his hands!
My mom worked there in the early 90s and I still remember seeing the smoke from the fire when it happened. It never was the same afterwards. Nightfall is very popular. Or at least it used to be.
I shouted out "Three Amigos!" right as you said "I recognize this building from Three Amigos. 😂 Back in the early 90s, that was the FIRST DVD that I purchased! And has long been a family favorite of ours. Glad you included it!
We spend our winters at a RV park about 2 miles from Old Tucson. Ride our mountain bikes all around the area. We witnessed the effects that Covid had. It was kind of sad but in the end old Tucson came back to life. Thank you for showing us around.
As always I'm enjoying your vids over here in the UK but felt i had to say that paint job on the saloon was "old timey" wonderful, thanks to all at Sidetrack A's.
I reconized some of the places from the TV show Kung Fu with David Carradine. Really neat place out there! The old mission and the original publo in downtown are cool also. Another movie set you may wnt to visit is Pioneertown out near Yucca Valley, Ca. Roy Rogers and a few other actors had it built in 1946 and alot of B westerns were filmed there along with just about all the Cisco kid shows.
It's amazing to me to see places in person that I have seen in movies. I worked in San Francisco, and I tried to trace the chase scene from the Steve McQueen movie "Bullitt". It wasn't filmed consecutively, a piece here and a piece there.
My dad was on old west history buff, some of which rubbed off on me as far as movies go. He loved to point out the factual inaccuracies between the films and real life.
Thanks for showcasing a gem in my backyard. My first trip there was in 1968, as a child. Every time some of my family members came to visit from the Midwest, we had to take them to Old Tucson. I was working near Ina Rd. and I-10 the night it caught fire. The glow could be seen from there. I was heartbroken to hear the news. There was a satellite set called Mescal that was used when it was thriving in productions. A lot of Tombstone was filmed at that location then. It's open to the public for tours as well. Great video. Thanks again.
What you're seeing is not the original Old Tucson. It has been rebuilt since a fire. I was working there during the filming of High Chapparell and had the pleasure of meeting the cast. They did a pretty good job rebuilding the set. The mission is not the original.
I'm a born and bred Tucsonan. I miss home, but not the new influx of people or ish politics. Broke my heart to leave in 2019, but my family needed better. The rebuild is nice, but it's just not the vibe anymore. They sold off the train because it was in massive disrepair for having sat so long. The new owners did a fabulous job on it. I miss the old pueblo, but I don't think I'll ever live there again. I don't even think we're keeping my parents house once my mom passes. Everything changes and life goes on. 🎭
@@enbusquedadeperlita3133 Where to? I was born here also, and have seen the changes from this once Quaint Little Cowboy Town, to a Liberal Sanctuary City.
one of the employees there is John Scott AKA “Santee” from the Arizona Ghostriders channel so there’s a chance you had him as a guide or saw him at some point without knowing that you were with a fellow creator funny enough, i saw a video by him which led to one of yours which led back to seeing more of his which led me to seeing more of yours!
We visited Old Tucson a few times in the late 60's. They had staged gunfight shows that were pretty entertaining. I remember there was a plaque for the television series High Chaparral and someone threw chocolate milk all over it. There was a fire there in the 90's that destroyed everything and it all had to be rebuilt.
It amazes me how many of these old westerns were closer to the time of the Old West than to today.
And I was just thinking about how I rode a carrousel that looked exactly like that one around 1970... uh oh. That's 54 years ago! Maybe it was that one hahaha.
@@CarsandCats aaannnnddd now i feel old as crap
Wyatt Earp lived long enough to spend his last years advising production of Westerns.
@@ericreese7792 He did. Sure wish we had any recording of his voice.
@@dks13827
Maybe we wouldn't want to know, sometimes the mythos and mystery are worth more than the reality. I mean, what if he had a squeaky voice like David Beckham eh?
Doing stunts and movies there were the best times of my life.
Its nothing like the Real "Old Tucson" of the past and I will never return.
We were there this past April. Living on the East coast I never had been out west. We truly enjoyed this place! I would love to go back again some time, but being nearly 2000 miles away I probably won't make it. But after visiting and then watching some of the old westerns, we set around and say, "Look! We were standing right there!" So exciting. The picture of John Wayne & Ricky Nelson you showed from the movie ... me, my wife & 2 grandkids made our picture in the same place. Great video! Thanks!
Excellent video Steve! I was born and raised in Tucson so my parents, who were big John Wayne fans, always liked to go out to the original Old Tucson to watch movies being filmed. I was very fortunate to be able to meet John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and many, many other Western actors of the day. As an adult I've been there many, many times and have enjoyed every visit. My wife is a big fan of westerns as well in that she also was born and raised in Tucson. But I do have to say that the "new" Old Tucson doesn't begin to compare to the original Old Tucson. Our whole family went into depressoon when that fire in 1995 burned almost fifty percent of the set. Our daughters actually shed tears over that fire..they also loved to go out to Old Tucson especially Nightfall. You do need to come back at Halloween to experience Nightfall at Old Tucson.
I try to watch all your videos Steve in that I slways seem to learn something that I didn't know about many areas in the Old West. Keep up the good work!!
I feel the same way, the old Tucson was the best ! You could feel the filming history, went there twice before the fire and stayed from opening till closing both time mostly just walking around the place admiring the sets and history it was special then to walk and stand where so many great actors worked like John Wayne and Clint Eastwood worked. On my first visit I remember them telling us about Steve McQueen getting a hair cut in the barber shop in a film. Wow, You had a great experience to be able to meet the cast of Rio Bravo !
I spent most of my life in Phoenix and went to the original Old Tucson quite a bit - it was historic as so many great movies and tv shows were filmed there. I remember the fire gee, 1995 almost 30 years ago!!! I haven’t been since the new stuff was built and I don’t live in AZ any longer. Our son is a Wildcat (2002) and I’m a Sun Devil (1972) and we still have our “discussions😁😁😁
In 2019 when I was at the University of Arizona I went to Old Tucson, when I returned to Japan it was the pictures I took there were the ones everyone wanted to see.
Thanks for braving the heat and taking us along for the ride.
You have a great channel Sir. Your easy going style combined with the laid back presentation is just an absolute pleasure to view. Best of luck and thanks for what you do.
My late father and I used to watch Westerns together, it was a passion we both shared. Thanks for this .
Thanks for the memories! I worked in Old Tucson in the early 90's, before the big fire. Our "office" was near the mission and it was enjoyable to watch the staged fights and falls off the roof of the mission which were part of the entertainment at that time. So much looks like it has changed, but the spirit is still there. I also loved watching some of the filming when it was being done. Lots of good memories from those times. It would be interesting to go back again.
We've been to Tucson a dozen or more times and always have passed by Old Tucson on the way to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. The Museum never disappoints. After this video we'll have to make a point to visit Old Tucson. And for revisiting old westerns, we went to Monument Valley in April and have watched the John Ford/John Wayne movies to recognize the places we saw.
I was in Old Tucson back in 1984 it was a lot of fun. Thanks for the memories Steve.
I visited there just over a month ago. They had just closed for the season, except for the tours. Definitely enjoyed the tour and seeing all of the old movie sets. Definitely planning a trip back early March of 25 when the full park is open.
Thanks for the enjoyable trip to Old Tucson. As always, no drama, just facts and great views. Just as I like it.
I'm glad it's back.
Thank you for showing this because I never had an opportunity to stop by. I love Arizona!
Steve I love all those old movies thanks so much for sharing this wonderful look into the Wild West past,
I visited Old Tucson and enjoyed the live gunfight show and mariachi music.
Watched The Big Country two days ago on GRIT with Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Carroll Baker, Burl Ives, Jean Simmons, and Charles Bickford. Great movie and music. They didn't use the Old Tucson Studios, but they did use Red Rock Canyon State Park in the Mojave. I am a fan of westerns as well.
Thank you once more Steve for taking us along . i can see why the armored stage coach didn’t catch on . take some strong horses for sure . take care 👍🏼
You can't armor the horses, so imagine this thing just being stuck in the middle of nowhere after the horses were shot.
@@SidetrackAdventures hahaha yep . hollywood can sure think up stuff that looks good but can not work in real life 😎
i read some very old science fiction books where they had steam powered horses 😲. bullet and arrow proof . interesting but far from real
Yeah this is a great old west town that has been in
a lot of films and tv shows thanks for showing this
awesome town and have a great week.🇺🇸🎆🎇
I visited the set in 1959. It was being prepared for Rio Lobo. I was amazed at how much they were making of various details.
You are in my hometown. I grew up south of Old Tucson. The “Old” Old Tucson was very popular. Great video.
Thanks for the memories of great old westerns and my visit here...cheers.
Thank you for this, Steve. I've never been to Old Tucson, but greatly enjoyed Tombstone as a youngster with my little brother when our folks took us and our aunt there in 1969 or 1970. I can't imagine touring there in the summer🥵
Thank you for your videos
Absolutely loved this one ! ❤❤❤❤❤
What a great on location place. I had looked it up before to see where some of the Little House on the prairie stuff was shot. That bridge is definitely notable in that series ... Also, the reference to Three amigos. I saw a couple of shots figures that you would be watching Three amigos there. Steve!
Thanks! I grew up in Tucson . Have been to Old Tucson but this video taught me more than I ever knew about it.
Great video. I used to visit the studios in the early 90s. I loved going there. Can't wait to visit again this fall.
Good job as always Steve. Keep them coming. I always enjoy your new videos. Thanks!
My uncle lived in Eloy Az. in the early 60's and he wanted to take me but we never got to because my parents and I were always on our way to Texas, or on our way back to California. Back then westerns were very popular thanks for your tour, keep them coming.
I loved visiting Old Tucsan during the 60's. Thanks for the memories 🤗
Another highly enjoyable adventure Steve. Whenever I watch an old Western now I shall be on the lookout for some of those very distinctive buildings.
Steve, thanks for a great video story. Phoenix.
Such a great look into history!
Thanks, Steve. Even though we live in the area, we've never been. We got here during it's last 'indefinite' closure, so now that I've seen this video, we're a-gonna hitch up the wagon and head up there for a spell. :)
Went there with the wife in the early 2010's. Great place to visit and we got the old timey pictures. Got to see the Pima Air Museum too.
I have some paintings by a local painter in Tuscon. These were painted probably 70 to 90 years ago. Long before AZ was a State.
Arizona became a State in 1912. True story.
Those sets are an example of the magic of moviemakers.
The designers and people who constructed them should have more credit for their part in creating movies.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Thanks for the video, Steve! We are guilty of spending time elsewhere while in the Tucson area, but next visit we will add this to our list! I’m a newcomer to your channel, from Texas! Love your style!
I had no idea all that was out there! I just figured it was... sort of like a roadside thing out east on I10. Fascinating! I really enjoyed your narration covering the different films. This is definitely now on my to do list. Great video, Steve.
Another great video, well done!
I've started taking motorcycle road trips to the different locations you've profiled.
Keep up the great work, thanks!
Your channel is one of my go to favorites. I've actually been to a number of places that you've highlighted in your videos and I've really enjoyed my travels ... 👊🏻 170 K subs is impressive ...
Thank you. I really appreciate it. There are so many interesting places out there that get overlooked!
Remember, Old Tucson was permanently closed during the covid, and the county refused to reopen. I believe the county is still trying to sell it. The original fire started in the kitchen of one of the diners. All central fire departments responded. I live 14 miles further west is a community called Three Points. Our volunteer fire department responded. Steve, I personally know the train engineer who narrated the train tour before Pima County shut it down during covid.
I remember the fire of 95. What a shame to lose some much of those legendary sound stages, props, etc.
Great video as always. Perfect shot of the wind in the flags.
Thank you for another very interesting video as always
Thanks for the tour steve that was enjoyable. My lady and I were there in February.Unfortunately, the day we went, only the gift shop was open.We were unable to so this video is very timely.
I visited O.T. in 2005; I believe a brochure stated that the buildings were all 7/8ths scale as a way to make the actors look bigger.
Looks like a really fun tour!
Your trips through Arizona, New Mexico and California are making it hard to decide if I want to move back home (AZ) or go on to AK after retirement. Gosh how I loved growing up in the desert Southwest!
As always Steve I look foward to your vids. Thanks
That was fascinating, definitely a place to visit.
I was there on a family vacation about 50 or so years ago. The TV series High Chapparral was in production at the time.
Thanks for this one Steve. Very informative. I watched a lot of westerns as a young boy and it is fun to see where they were filmed.
I'm a big fan of old westerns too, love John Wayne! So I recognize that set from a few things I have watched. It's cool to see what's really behind the scenes!
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Keep it up. These tours are very interesting.
This is a good video Steve love the trivia about the town . THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA.......
Got to go there in 1978 as a kid a couple of times…..a lot of fun! It should be noted that most of the original sets burned in the early nineties, so it’s not quite the same. Lol I would advise going in the winter and the drive from Phoenix is beautiful with the large cactus. Amazing childhood memories from a time that is long gone from growing up in the seventies and eighties.
Hey Sidekick Adventures, it's been quiet some time since I last saw one of your videos.
Wow! . . excellent improvemens all the way around.
Tripod usage, nice slow smooth pans, stills, graphics, .. ..
I'll be checkin' them out more often.
I have fond memories of old Tuscon. I don’t know how you can explore out in that hundred degree heat 😂🥵 Thanks for the tour!!
Thank you for your videos … very informative and entertaining!👍🏻
I look forward to your videos, I always give you a thumbs up.
THANK YOU STEVE,VERY COOL..
That definitely looks like armored wagon used in the movie The War Wagon. There was a turret on top with a gatling gun. Another fun video.
I have family in Tucson and used to go there all the time. Nightfall is both fun and scary. The gun fights are fun to watch. Yes they do have a train that takes you around the sight as well as a wagon. At least they used to. There was one part where now it's a wide ally way. It wasn't always like that. There was a fire and it got destroyed as well as the soundstage where almost all of the clothing was held.
Went here a lot as a kid followed by the Sonoran desert museum! Awesome places. Three Amigos is in my video library! Long live Santa Poco! 😂
There's a scene in the Three Amigos where you can see the antennas on the hills behind the mission. Oops!
Great video as usual, Steve! Can't wait to visit Old Tucson myself. Only 35 days until retirement. The shot of the saloon with walkways at an angle on both sides of the swinging doors looks like the scene in Silverado, where Kevin Costner guns down two bad guys with a gun in each of his hands!
My mom worked there in the early 90s and I still remember seeing the smoke from the fire when it happened. It never was the same afterwards. Nightfall is very popular. Or at least it used to be.
Bravo for review of OT. As a first grader, I really enjoyed the reptile museum. The horned toad was my favorite.
i like your videos, you give the best discription and the history where ever you go, thank you.
always love to see side track adventure as rare type of video ,in a sense of unique way .
You’re my favorite to show me the southwest.
And my favorite out of those John Wayne movies you mentioned was Rio Lobo
I took the tour last winter. Lots of movie memorabilia. Highly recommended. Arizona in general has fantastic Western history throughout the State.
A new owner really cleaned up the place. It looks nice. The last time we were there was in 2019 and they closed in 2020.
I shouted out "Three Amigos!" right as you said "I recognize this building from Three Amigos. 😂
Back in the early 90s, that was the FIRST DVD that I purchased! And has long been a family favorite of ours.
Glad you included it!
We spend our winters at a RV park about 2 miles from Old Tucson. Ride our mountain bikes all around the area. We witnessed the effects that Covid had. It was kind of sad but in the end old Tucson came back to life. Thank you for showing us around.
As always I'm enjoying your vids over here in the UK but felt i had to say that paint job on the saloon was "old timey" wonderful, thanks to all at Sidetrack A's.
I reconized some of the places from the TV show Kung Fu with David Carradine. Really neat place out there! The old mission and the original publo in downtown are cool also. Another movie set you may wnt to visit is Pioneertown out near Yucca Valley, Ca. Roy Rogers and a few other actors had it built in 1946 and alot of B westerns were filmed there along with just about all the Cisco kid shows.
Hell yeah. Loved this one.
It’s great that it’s Open !
It's amazing to me to see places in person that I have seen in movies. I worked in San Francisco, and I tried to trace the chase scene from the Steve McQueen movie "Bullitt". It wasn't filmed consecutively, a piece here and a piece there.
Darn interesting Steve; I'm glad you have a history background and know how to research your subjects.
I would love to go there
I was lucky and visited before the fire, really was awesome.
YUP, Pardner!!! 🤠
I was there in the late1960's when I was less than ten years old.
My dad was on old west history buff, some of which rubbed off on me as far as movies go. He loved to point out the factual inaccuracies between the films and real life.
Thanks Steve!
That was absolutely wonderful, enjoyed every moment, just wish I could visit Arizona
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for showcasing a gem in my backyard. My first trip there was in 1968, as a child. Every time some of my family members came to visit from the Midwest, we had to take them to Old Tucson. I was working near Ina Rd. and I-10 the night it caught fire. The glow could be seen from there. I was heartbroken to hear the news. There was a satellite set called Mescal that was used when it was thriving in productions. A lot of Tombstone was filmed at that location then. It's open to the public for tours as well. Great video. Thanks again.
What you're seeing is not the original Old Tucson. It has been rebuilt since a fire. I was working there during the filming of High Chapparell and had the pleasure of meeting the cast. They did a pretty good job rebuilding the set. The mission is not the original.
I'm a born and bred Tucsonan. I miss home, but not the new influx of people or ish politics. Broke my heart to leave in 2019, but my family needed better. The rebuild is nice, but it's just not the vibe anymore. They sold off the train because it was in massive disrepair for having sat so long. The new owners did a fabulous job on it.
I miss the old pueblo, but I don't think I'll ever live there again. I don't even think we're keeping my parents house once my mom passes. Everything changes and life goes on. 🎭
@@enbusquedadeperlita3133 Where to? I was born here also, and have seen the changes from this once Quaint Little Cowboy Town, to a Liberal Sanctuary City.
Always love your adventures. Please keep it up!! Thanks!
Thank you.
I was there as a kid in 1969 and watched them film an episode of High Chaparral.
one of the employees there is John Scott AKA “Santee” from the Arizona Ghostriders channel so there’s a chance you had him as a guide or saw him at some point without knowing that you were with a fellow creator
funny enough, i saw a video by him which led to one of yours which led back to seeing more of his which led me to seeing more of yours!
We visited Old Tucson a few times in the late 60's. They had staged gunfight shows that were pretty entertaining. I remember there was a plaque for the television series High Chaparral and someone threw chocolate milk all over it. There was a fire there in the 90's that destroyed everything and it all had to be rebuilt.
Pretty cool!! Thank You